Skip to main content
Rural Health Information Hub

Defining Rural America: The Consequences of How We Count

Description
Discusses several federal definitions of rural and the implications of using different definitions. Compares how U.S. Census Bureau and Office Management and Budget (OMB) characterize rural America. Offers principles on how to choose which definition to use to describe rural areas.
Date
07/2022
Type
Document
Organization
Center on Rural Innovation
Tagged as
Policy · Rural definitions · Statistics and data

Organizations (1)